LazerDickMcCheese

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TIL that in the 1980s the USDA distributed government cheese to low income neighborhoods in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 14 points 3 weeks ago

Not just the 80s, I had some in the early 2000s. It was delicious

Starting to self host in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you look up "Dr. Frankenstein Discord" you'll find the community that helped me get familiar with Docker. As in, several people held my hands for about 2 weeks non-stop. I can't tell you enough how much I love that group. But containers aren't the only way to go.

I hear people talking about Proxmox a lot, and it seems (as far as I can tell) to be one of the easiest platforms for hosting many services one a machine. Next computer I set up, I'll be going that route.

Regardless of how you do it, the knowledge base and skills mostly transfer like a Venn diagram. The most important pieces to get started are hardware and patience. Everything else can be solved with online teamwork

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 5 points 1 month ago

If you wanna get really tin-foiled about it, Planet X and a dead star beyond the belt

What RSS feeds are you subscribed to? in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 17 points 1 month ago

I saved the post because I've always been interested in aggregating a RSS feed, but I need ideas for what to subscribe to. Thanks for making the post

Home - YaCy - P2P search engine in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 2 points 1 month ago

I was just looking into this yesterday. I'd love to hear if it's worth the hassle. People seem to be 50/50 on its long-term usefulness, "just use _____!"

What's up, selfhosters? - Sunday thread in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 6 points 1 month ago

I'm an idiot so it took me about 3 frustrating years to get all the docker containers working. Worth it every day

YSK how much of your money is invested in the USA. Check your investments. in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

YSK I'm profiteering off of the masses thinking like this by not moving my money. It's worked for me every time someone told me "you should reinvest"

It's Hard to Stay Motivated in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 1 points 2 months ago

After making the jump, you're totally right

It's Hard to Stay Motivated in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 3 points 2 months ago

Hey, coming back to this a year later with more experience after quitting then starting back up again. I wish I remembered people mentioning Proxmox, it fits my needs more than my current Ubuntu setup. Thank you for the advice

Do P2P Messaging apps that don't require the internet exist? in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 10 points 2 months ago

No joke, I was talking about this recently. I feel like niche groups (me included) are just going full-circle back to the DS days

Your Car is Snitching on you (The Roman Report) in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 7 points 2 months ago

Just bought a 2001 car for this very reason, and it's the best driving car I've had in a decade

How do I find ad and tracking domains and scripts in academic publishing websites? in c/[email protected]
[–] LazerDickMcCheese 2 points 2 months ago

Seconded, I'm an idiot with networking, but this has worked for me

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Signal Alternative with SMS Support (self.fdroid)
 

I used Signal for years and loved it, but I need SMS support to talk to, well, anyone I know. Is there a secure choice that's near-equal?

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How to use CRT as extra monitor? (self.crtgaming)
 

I have a Triniton Wega (480i) that I'd like to use as a separate monitor for streaming VHS rips and pixely PC games. My computer is a Win11 machine with a 2080, and I just tried usb-c output of the 2080->hdmi->component converter->TV and (to no one's surprise) it didn't work. I used Nvidia's custom resolution to use settings people have suggested online, but my TV would only accept the signal before I OKed the settings then it goes back to fuzz. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I should try or change before resorting to buying a second GPU?

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[Solved] Does anyone have issues failing to load? (self.jellyfin)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]
25 comments fedilink
 

Got a fairly new setup going, and I love it...when it works. Half the time, I open my Jellyfin clients and it permanently hangs on loading anything. On my computers I can still access the files via network folders, so everything it connected. I'm mostly curious if this is a known issue or if I messed something up.

Edit: Solved, it was a networking issue and a transcoding issue.

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It's Hard to Stay Motivated (self.selfhosted)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]
58 comments fedilink
 

I got Jellyfin up and running, it's 10/10. I love this thing, and it reinvigorated my love for watching movies. So I decided to tackle all the other services I wanted, starting with Paperless-ngx...

What a nightmare. It doesn't have a Windows install so I made an Ubuntu VM. Don't get me started on Ubuntu. I just spent about 12hrs trying to get Portainer to cooperate and had to give up. I tried just installing Paperless the "normal way" and had to give up on that too.

My point: if you're getting started selfhosting you have to embrace and accept the self-inflicted punishment. Good luck everybody, I don't know if I can keep choosing to get disappointed.

Edit: good news! Almost everything I wanted to do is covered by Jellyfin which can be done in Windows.

Edit2: It's been a year, and a lot has changed. I'm currently running a NAS + Ubuntu server. I'm running over a dozen docker containers among other miscellaneous services, and these services are being used by close friends as well. I owe several people apologies for being so quick to dismiss the entire Linux community. I found a few mentors, and now I'm good. To anyone looking for help to get started, you're going to have a much better time in the long run if you join some help groups on Discord (I hate it, but it works).

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Remote Desktop DietPi - Windows 11? (self.linux4noobs)
 

How can I set up a desktop on my DietPi machine that's always up, then remotely access it on my main Windows machine? I'm very Linux illiterate and everything I touch breaks, so I'd like to slowly learn with a desktop in a way that kinda makes sense

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Jackett Alternatives? (self.piracy)
 

Is there anything Jackett does that can't be manually installed to qBittorrent as a search plugin? I ask because Jackett DOES NOT work for me. Trust me, I've tried everything even with tech support. Its not my VPN and its not my ISP, because the sites are accessible and qBittorrent is definitely configured to work (and don't get me started about configuring Jackett, it gets old quick). I just want to make sure I'm not missing out on any potential trackers

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Amazon Replacement? (self.fediverse)
 

Is it possible to one day replace the privacy nightmare of Amazon with a decentralized merchant network? All I really use Amazon for these day is aggregate customer reviews by query, then buy the items as direct as possible. Why can't respectable tools to this instead? I understand the cost, but could the tech be adopted?

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Pi-hole + TailScale + NordVPN (self.privacy)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]
9 comments fedilink
 

My Pi-hole is handling my DHCP, and I have Tailscale set up for remote access.

But how to I set my devices (for example, phone outside of my LAN) to route as follows: device > Pi-hole > NordVPN? Is that even possible?

The end goal being to combine the benefits of Pi-hole with a paid VPN, regardless of location.

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Is everything slow for you? (self.piracy)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]
23 comments fedilink
 

Im getting back to dowloading Linux distros for the first time in over a decade...man have the times changed. I'm running qBittorrent with all the major repos including Jackett...but everything is downloading <10KiB/s?! Surely something is wrong, any ideas?

Edit: I am using a paid VPN

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Old PC as Server (self.selfhosted)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]
56 comments fedilink
 

I have an early 2000s PC (pre-SATA) with 512MB RAM (I'd love to tell you about the CPU, but its under a cooler that isn't going anywhere) that's been sitting in closets for about 15 years. Assuming I'm willing to buy into it, can something like that reasonably host the following simultaneously on a 40GB boot drive:

Nextcloud Actual Photoprism KitchenOwl SearXNG Katvia Paperless-ngx

Or should I just get new hardware? Regardless, I'd like to do something with this trusty ol business server.

Edit: Lenovo or Dell as the most cost-effective, reliable self-host server in your opinion?

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Automatic Mobile Device Backups? (self.selfhosted)
 

I'm just diving into self-hosting, and I'd a way to have a constant cloning of my phone in the background, preferably FOSS. Does anything like that exist?

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